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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Sunday, February 6, 2011

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOOOOOTBAAAAAALLLLLLL???!???!

Awww yeah, Cake Wrecks fans, we are NOT going to disappoint on this Super Bowl Sunday! Granted, the three of us know as much about football as we do Japanese ventriloquism, but we wouldn't dream of featuring non-Super Bowl-related cakes on such an auspicious occasion. In fact, today we're going the extra mile and celebrating the entire list of playoff teams with amazing Sweets. Booyah!

First, remember in the playoffs when that guy from the Patriots was all like, "I've got the ball and I'm running toward the goal with it!!"

But it was really getting down to the wire when the Eagles came into play. They began to take it easy, and I can't tell you why, but it was like hell froze over! They made the long run and began to take it to the limit!

By the Disneyland Bakery. We think.

WELCOME TO THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA, EAGLES!

And then it all came down to two teams... the Packers and the Steelers.

Man, the Packers traveled all the way from Boston to go head to head against the Milwaukee Steelers.

He he he! Funny you should mention Japanese ventriloquists...that is a long time family joke for us! Anyone can be a Japanese ventriloquist...not much need to move your lips when speaking Japanese! LOVE IT!!! Love your blog!

Wow that was an amazing millennium falcon...and totally random, which I loved. And those little monkeys and their teensy little bananas! So cute! But the best part? I was so confused as to why there was a hotel cake after the Eagles reference. Then I scrolled down and read the caption. Cue insane laughter and strange looks. So good. Also one of my favorite songs, so bonus! Well done!

I tried to be grouchy about the lack of actual football, I really did. But those cakes are all so utterly gorgeous that I simply can't be upset about it. These are truly some of my favorite Sweets ever - they're all just stunning. I love the Pooh Bear cake and the Saint monkeys are precious. The Colt cake is possibly my absolute favorite EVER, though. I seriously might print it out an hang it on my wall because I know it will make me smile every time I see it without fail.

Maybe we could get some actual football Sweets for the college season next year, though, pretty please? ^_^

"Man, the Packers traveled all the way from Boston to go head to head against the Milwaukee Steelers." I'm not sure if you just messed up by saying the Steelers come out of Milwaukee or it was intentional. If it's intentional then I don't get it.

Otherwise, the cakes and commentary are absolutely fantastic. Well done.

You know as much about football as I do! Completely awesome post. Truly! And I see you have another Doodle-cakes cake in there - sublime. Every young boy (and some not so young ones will know exactly what that is!). Love her stuff! Lots of talent in a single post. Brava!

these are two all-around beastly teams. neither team has a weakness. both deserve to be in this game. but if I had to bet on one, I'd say that Packers will win.I respect the Steelers,they beat every team fairly and did a great job, but due to the past games, I think the Packers are just unstoppable right now.

I love your blog; it's the only one I actually read every day. At one point in my life, I was a cake decorator, so the technical details for the Sunday Sweets never fail to amaze. I'm a big sports fan who used to work for a team as the retail buyer. I've ben waiting for your Super Bowl Sunday Sweets, because I know there are some really awesome decorators out there who can do really creative work with football cakes. While your commentary was great (as always), I am really disappointed that there were no real football cakes today. That's like doing a Sunday Sweets during Comic Con that revolves around sports logos. Some of your fans really ARE sports fans, too, and look forward to "our turn," even if our particular team choked and died early in the season. I guess there's always next year...

I found this post a bit annoying. It seems weird when someone freely admits to having no interest or knowledge about a topic but decides to 'participate' in said topic anyway. The results often turn out such that you are trivializing something that other people really care about. I'm sure you wouldn't be completely happy if Troy Polamalu (plays for the Steelers) announced that he thought cakes were dumb and then began a cake judging blog

Okay, so not to split hairs, but the "Seahawk" is actually Pororo the penguin. It's a famous cartoon in Korea and my daughter absolutely loves it, hence why I am well versed. Don't mean to create another Epcot, but I mean...you were so dead on with the other cakes, why mix birds? I mean I guess I can see the penguin sea-bird/hawk connection. But that's a little below your standards!

so I know I just commented...but after reading the comments I just had to say...are some people for real..lol. It's like Epcot went and got all covered in daisies and rolled from Boston to Milwaukee...lol

Love the commentary to go with the awesome cakes! And, since I work in aviation, I had to look up the info on that aircraft. Took me a few to figure out if those were "6" or "G" at the end, but yeah, I figured it out.

You know more about American football than I do! And, I'm sitting here in Fort Worth which is part of the Metromess that is hosting the Stupid Bowl.

Surely you must understand that this is a huge blog and the audience comes from all walks of life. To not post about the Super Bowl today would have angered hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people. It would have been like pretending it didn't exist. They don't have a choice but to participate. Frankly, if there were a huge sporting event today revolving around lizard racing, there would be a lizard racing SS post. Plain and simple.

It's not about trying to participate in something you don't care about, or insulting the people who do, or trying to be something you're not. It's about not trivializing the fact that other people DO care, and that the Super Bowl MATTERS to people. It's hard to talk about football if you don't understand it. If you asked me the rules of football, I would probably respond with, "People tackle other people to get the ball to the end zone." I didn't even know who was playing until today.

There have been Cake Wrecks posts about things I'm enthusiastic about that didn't live up to my standards of the activity. I didn't get upset about it, because you know what? People have different tastes. And at least they took the time to realize that sort of thing was important to me, even if it wasn't to them.

This post is here to RESPECT the Super Bowl and its fans, not to insult them. Please try not to jump to offense, it's exhausting.

This is not a cake related comment, but it is Super Bowl related. Jen, if you haven't already done so, you seriously need to see the Volkswagen commercial during the game today. It is available to watch online and has been for several days! I guarantee that you will love it!

Hee hee! It's obvious that many of the commenters are Steelers fans, since they all commented to the steelers aren't from milwalkee, but no one seemed to notice the packers aren't from boston either.... obviously, Jen could have looked those things up if she didn't know, but that would have taken away from the 'don't know anything about football, ' and the 'go red sox!' no need to get wigged out about this not being truely about the superbowl either. people tend to get very militant about favorite teams, and excited about every play. that'll happen during the game... this is for being lighthearted before it... now, since the sb is about to start, i'm off to watch some commercials! go Betty White!

Wow, the jet is fabulous. I love the runway lights. And I'm betting that if there were a national cake decorating Sunday and some sports site featured a tongue-in-cheek false understanding of the art of cake appreciation that you would dance a happy dance and link to it. Poor Michael is just disappointed that the post that thought at first would be beautiful professional cakes honouring NFL teams turned out to be beautiful professional cakes awkwardly shoehorned into humorous associations with NFL teams. Really he should be proud that his hobby is so pervasive that it merits a nod from such an unrelated genre.

Aww...I feel like a celebrity now. Glad I made it onto Sunday Sweets before I made it on here for something stupid I am bound to do. :) Thanks for featuring my Silly Old Bear cake. :) Especially in a post such as this. Funny thing is, I have an actual Super Fans "Da Bears" cake on my page too. he he

I LOVE today's post! (And I AM watching the game, and yet this post does NOT offend me ;-)

Once again, some of the comments are (almost...well, sorta...ok, not nearly) as amusing as your commentary. I found it funny that no one else except anonymous@5:50 commented that the "Packards" are not from Boston.

Those of you who are offended that these are not serious Super Bowl team cakes need to remember that this is a humor blog. And that Jen is an equal-opportunity humorist/satirist/punster.

@Michael: I doubt Jen would care if Troy Polamalu wrote a cake judging blog. I also doubt it would be a very successful blog. I'm just sayin...

I am not a huge fan of football, though I do 'get it', after having had it explained when I innocently asked, "Why only go for 10 yards? Don't they want to score a TD?"

That aside -- I totally 'get' your post today, and it is over the top hilarious! Perfect for those of us who enjoy a game now and then, but also like to poke some fun, as the commercials are the best part of the SB.

It's also great for those of us who LOVE FABULOUS CAKES!

Very sweet mix of subjects... and the Jets cake is even their colors (see the stripe of green?)!!

Smiling at them all and singing away with the Eagles as I check in from Boston, routed through Milwaukee, on my way to California.

I have a feeling I would have enjoyed this post even more if I had known whether the team names you picked were actually football names. I obviously like sports about as much as Jen, John and the other Jen. :) Great job!

Love the humor and only someone who knows a little something about football could pull something like this off. All the Eagles lyrics had me laughing out loud!

Sorry, but those who keep pointing out the different city name seem to be missing the point. Lighten up, it's supposed to be funny! That said, to all those who were offended, Anonomyous @ 5:54pm explains it well.

Love it! You've captured the essence of a total non-sports-person trying to appreciate sports. :) In other news, I got giddy and squealed when I saw an actual Wreck at the grocery store and no one was there to stop me from taking a photo! Hope it gets used :)

I am absolutely in awe of the "Colts" cake. The sculpting looks like the leather tooling on a really nice saddle. Any idea how the fondant shaping was done? Molded perhaps? Then airbrushed or painted? It's just amazing.

Good grief! I can't believe that some people just don't have a sense of humor. Great post, and that comes from a football fan. Loved the quality of the cakes, especially the Colt one, but didn't get the Chief one at all. (Thanks to posters who clarified). This was a fun end to the weekend when the Packers won the SuperBowl! Yay!~physicsmom

This post was awesome!! Though I have to admit, I'm laughing even more at the people who keep correcting the cities. Good grief people...have you not been reading CW long enough to know these posts are in jest?? Please, please rediscover your sense of humor. I promise you'll enjoy the site a lot more.

@Anonymous 2/6 @ 5:04 said, "Please try not to jump to offense, it's exhausting." That belongs on a shirt. Actually, it belongs on a billboard. Just sayin'.

#3 That jet is seriously cool!

#6 "...the Chiefs drove up from that place the Chiefs are from..." LOL -- at risk of offending some people, that's about how closely I follow football. Though I watched the Salad Bowl -- no, wait... Super Bowl -- at my pastors' house and actually enjoyed it.

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